Magas (Person, Concept)

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Magas (en)

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Second magistrate attested in Athens in 114/113 BC. Probably from Marathon. Evidence for this name is rare in Athens, only one person is known: Magas, father of Megallis, who donated a dedication for the Egyptian deities (Habicht 1991, p. 9): See M. Thompson, The New Style Silver Coinage of Athens (1961) nos. 948-668 / issue 51 (p. 573); C. Habicht, Zu den Münzmagistraten der Silberprägung des Neuen Stils, Chiron 21, 1991, pp. 5 and 9 (114/113 BC); Prosopographia Attica 9650; P. M. Fraser – E. Matthews, A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names II Attica (1994) p. 295 s. v. Magas (under Athens, no particular deme), no. 2; W. Leschhorn, Lexikon der Aufschriften auf griechischen Münzen II (2009) p. 655 s. v. Magas.

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